The Union
Better working life is built not only by laws, but also by making agreements, creating new practices, and by working together. The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland cooperates with employer and employee organizations, companies, universities, and other partners. The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland is the main authority on the working life of technical experts with approx. 80 000 members.
Working on behalf of highly educated employees
The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland is part of Akava, the Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland. The confederation union consists of more than half a million members through 36 member unions.
The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland negotiates collective agreements through its membership organizations, but especially through the Akava bargaining organizations, which are the Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff (YTN) for the private sector and the Negotiation Organization for Public Sector Professionals (JUKO) for the public sector.
Engineering in numbers
How are engineers divided between different positions? What about the average salary of engineers? Read the information package compiled by the research team. The data is based on the annual Labor Market Survey.
Research publications
The Union’s research team produces wide-ranging and reliable research and statistics. Read about the Union’s topical publications.
Membership organizations
Membership in the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland is through a membership organization. When joining, each person can choose the most suitable member organization from 30 regional organizations or eight national organizations. In the national member organizations, the unifying factor is the field in which the members work.
Lobbying
The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland promotes and safeguards the interests of its members in many areas. The most well-known part for members is labor market advocacy. In addition, the union works to develop working life and well-being at work, for example by influencing legislation related to these areas. Influencing the country’s economic and education policy is also one of the union’s core areas.
Sectors and employee representatives
About 90% of the members of the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland work in the private sector. The main sectors are the technology industry, the design industry, and the information technology industry.
The members’ workplaces have a total of more than 1,200 Union stewards, employee representatives, and trustees.
Customer Service
Customer Service is available
weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
asiakaspalvelu@ilry.fi
tel. 0201 801 801
